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Aes Ohio Foundation Awards $25,000 To Dc Flyers Program, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton’s 10-week summer internship program in Washington, D.C., will continue its legacy of developing future public servants with another year of financial support from the AES Ohio Foundation.

Ud In The News April 11-17, University Of Dayton

News Releases

How UD prepares students for AI continued to receive national publicity. National Jurist featured the School of Law in its story about the online law school experience. Geologist Zelalem Bedaso wrote for The Conversation.

Ud Statehouse Program Helps Students Build Networks, Launch Careers In Columbus, Devin Chivers

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The program connects course concepts to real-world policymaking and helps students build professional networks in Columbus.

2026-04-10 Minutes Of The Academic Senate, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

An Immersive Placements And Moral Growth At Barretstown: Integrating A Transformative Framework With Preservice Teachers In Marianist Teacher Education, Jeremy R. Mills, Annie Chiles, Caroline Miller, Lauren Windsor

Thomas C. Hunt Building a Research Community Day

This study examines how immersive experiential learning at Barretstown, a therapeutic camp in Ireland, nurtures intellectual, ethical, and spiritual growth in preservice teachers. Framed by William James’ four characteristics of mystical experience — ineffability, noetic quality, transiency, and passivity — and grounded in the Marianist philosophy of education, the research employs a qualitative, phenomenological design. Reflective narratives from three teacher candidates were thematically coded, revealing transformative experiences marked by ineffable joy, revelatory insight, enduring impact, and openness to grace. Findings suggest that experiential learning integrated with spiritual and communal formation cultivates educators grounded in empathy, moral awareness, and authentic presence.

Exploring The Impact Of Generative Ai On Curriculum Design And Instruction: A Study With Preservice Teachers, Lindsay A. Gold, Vanessa Winn, Jackie M. Arnold

Thomas C. Hunt Building a Research Community Day

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is transforming education by reshaping curriculum design, individualized learning, and professional collaboration. This interpretive study examines how 70 preservice teachers engaged with GenAI through structured learning experiences focused on lesson planning, content development, and reflective practice. Participants, all fourth-year PK–Grade 5 and intervention specialist candidates at the University of Dayton, completed a co-taught seminar led by methods professors in science, social studies, language arts, and mathematics. Data sources included initial reflections on GenAI’s role in education, documentation of prompt exploration, and ongoing reflections during the seminar. Thematic analysis revealed a shift in preservice teachers’ understanding from …

2026 U.S. News Grad School Rankings Includes 13 Ud Schools, Programs, University Of Dayton

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Thirteen University of Dayton schools and programs are listed among the '2026 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools Rankings.'

Self-Assembly Interactions In Magnetite-Coated Cellulose Nanocrystals: Implications For Magnetic Hyperthermia Applications, Mohammad J. Hasan, Erin L. Mcneill, Kishore Chand, Juganta Roy, Monishita Deb, Katherine Schlaak, Sydney Herzog, Yvonne Sun, Sarah Watzman, Esteban E. Ureña-Benavides, Erick S. Vasquez-Guardado

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

Magnetic cellulose nanocrystal (MCNC) nanocomposites are promising sustainable and biocompatible platforms for magnetic hyperthermia; however, the molecular mechanisms governing Fe3O4 adsorption and deposition onto CNCs remain poorly understood. Here, sulfated (S-CNC) and TEMPO-oxidized CNCs (T-CNC) were used to prepare nanocomposites at 1:2 and 1:4 CNC:Fe3O4 mass ratios, enabling a systematic evaluation of how surface chemistry and nanoparticle loading dictate interfacial interactions and magneto-colloidal behavior. Bare magnetite nanoparticles were 21 ± 5 nm by TEM but grew to 144 ± 18 in the DLS measurement at pH 7. The S-CNC nanocomposites had hydrodynamic sizes between 144 and 210 nm, not much …

2026 Library Award Winners, University Of Dayton

University Libraries Blog Archive

Congratulations to Lilly Lowe, Maggie Romano and Stacy Ngo.

Impact Networks: Leading Community Collaboration On Difficult Issues (White Paper), Raymond Fitz, Dick Ferguson

Writings on Leadership in Community

The book Impact Networks by David Erlichman, published in 2021, provides a comprehensive picture of how impact networks are working throughout the world on complex issues. Such networks move beyond hierarchical structures that are based on authority. Organizations within networks share at least one purpose and define their success as network participants based on their impact on the network issue, not on agency growth.

This paper is focused on local use of impact networks to address difficult issues that do not have clear pathways to solutions. Our experience with a network formed more than 30 years ago in response to …

The Enforcement Power As A Continuing Veto Power, M. Burke Craighead

University of Dayton Law Review

The president holds both a veto power and enforcement power by nature of his position. Traditionally, the veto power has been understood as temporally limited—the president gets one shot to use it with respect to a particular bill. On the flip side, the enforcement power is a continuing one—the president has ongoing discretion to enforce the law in the way he believes to be necessary. Far from being distinct powers, however, the enforcement power can be transformed into a “continuing veto power” wherein the president can use his enforcement discretion to nullify particular statutes or applications of statutes that he …

Presidentialism At The Highest Ebb: Executive Power In The Age Of Trump, Patrick J. Sobkowski

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.

From Chadha To Loper Bright: The Supreme Court, Separation Of Powers, And The Politics Of Formalism, Christopher Brough, J. Mitchell Pickerill

University of Dayton Law Review

In recent years, the United States Supreme Court has issued several decisions that limit judicial deference to administrative agencies. This has been accomplished by developing the “major questions doctrine” and overruling the long-standing Chevron doctrine in a series of 6-3 decisions in which the justices were divided along ideological lines. Commentary and scholarship on this trend have focused on what is being described as “new” formalism, but we argue that these cases should be viewed as more of an extension of the Court's formalism jurisprudence in legislative process separation of powers disputes from the 1980s and 1990s. However, the Court …

Constrained Calling: Limited Presidential Power Under The Insurrection Act, Jamie Kenyon

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.

Navigating Pre-Conception Agreements In Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Comparative Analysis Of Judicial Approaches And The Case For A Uniform Statutory Framework In Ohio, Sydney Meadows

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.

Fees, Fairness, And Fiduciary Duty: The Unintended Ethical Dilemma Surrounding Percentage-Based Compensation In Ohio Probate, Meredith Phillips

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.

2026-03-27 Minutes Of The Executive Committee Of The Academic Senate Senate, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate. Executive Committee

ECAS Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

Reach Out Clinical Experiences Enrich Ud Pre-Health, Physician Assistant Students, Kate Chesar

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

UD students are part of an alliance of community partners, donors and volunteers who provide an important health care safety net.

Student Academic Policies Committee Minutes Of The Academic Senate 2026-03-23, University Of Dayton. Student Academic Policies Committee

All Committee Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Student Academic Policies Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

2026-03-20 Minutes Of The Executive Committee Of The Academic Senate Senate, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate. Executive Committee

ECAS Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

Paul Laurence Dunbar Memorial: Then And Now, Henry Handley

University Libraries Blog Archive

A booklet published in 1909 for the dedication ceremony in Woodland Cemetery emphasizes the memory and importance of the acclaimed writer.

2026-03-13 Minutes Of The Academic Senate, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

Doc 2026-08 Proposal To Rename The Department Of Religious Studies To The Department Of Theology And Religious Studies, University Of Dayton. Department Of Religious Studies

Senate Documents

This proposal outlines the initiative to rename the University of Dayton’s Department of Religious Studies to the Department of Theology and Religious Studies to better reflect the modern academic and public distinction between the two fields. While "religious studies" is now widely understood as a secular, third-person analysis of religion, "theology" refers to the insider study of a faith tradition, which directly aligns with the department's faculty expertise and its explicitly theological MA and PhD programs. Because prospective students and local faith communities increasingly associate the term "religious studies" with purely secular education, the department has faced enrollment losses from …

Doc 2026-13 Proposal For Pre-Licensure Bachelor Of Science In Nursing (Bsn-Nurs), University Of Dayton. School Of Education And Health Sciences

Senate Documents

The University of Dayton  Nursing Program prepares students to practice as Baccalaureate generalist  nurses through a rigorous and transformative liberal arts and sciences curriculum  in concert with nursing courses that are in alignment with the American  Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials. Upon completion,  students earn a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN), are eligible to take the  NCLEX (RN licensure exam), and are prepared to transition to practice as a  licensed registered nurse.

Doc 2026-14 Suspension Of Health And Wellness Major And Deactivation Of Concentrations In Community Health And Health And Fitness, University Of Dayton. School Of Education And Health Sciences

Senate Documents

The program has had low enrollment over the past three years. Curriculum in this pathway serves as electives or core requirements for the Health Science Major. By suspending the program faculty resources can be diverted to support the demand and growth in the health science major and nursing.

2026-03-13 Minutes Of The Executive Committee Of The Academic Senate Senate, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate. Executive Committee

ECAS Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

2026 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Program, Teri Rizvi, Shannon Shelton Miller, Frank Pauer, University Of Dayton

Documents from the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

• Conference schedule
• Session descriptions
• Keynote speaker biographies
• Featured talent biographies
• Presenter biographies
• Winning entries in the 2026 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition
• Winners of the DC Stanfa Memorial Writers’ Award

Announcing 2026 Marian Fellowships, Henry Handley

Marian Library Blog Archive

Alaina Keller, David Sievers and Madison Felman-Pantagotacos named fellows.

2026-03-06 Minutes Of The Executive Committee Of The Academic Senate Senate, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate. Executive Committee

ECAS Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

National Organization Recognizes Ud Emergency Medical Services With Two Honors, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation recognized the University of Dayton's student-run emergency medical services with two achievements for its emergency management operations and cardiac arrest care.